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J AT SEA.
'Party of Six Left Char
leston Saturday and
IE STILL MISSING.
ftc- Six Mon Who Composed tho Par
ty Wer? Onorativos at tho Hag
Factory, and Plvo of Thom Ihoft
Families, and Naturully There Is
Much Anxiety Among Their Fain?
liles.
Thejo is a groat fonr in Charles
ton that six men havo hoon drownod
off tho har. A party of six operatives
of tho Rayai Dag and Yarn Factory
left Charleston Saturday afternoon
.on a fishing trip, ovor tho har, and
none of them havo returned. It is
feared that their boat capsized and
the mon woro drowned..
Tho mon started down tho harbor
in two small cat-rigged boats shortly
beforo dark on Saturday afternoon.
Thoy woro to return to tho city on
Sunday aftornoon. Morris Island
was the destination of tho party and
it is not known whether they over
roached tho fishing placo or whether
thoy suffered somo mishap in return
ing at tho scheduled timo, s
Saturday aftornoon was calm and
pleasant weather, hut early Sunday
morning tho wind set in from tho
northeast, blowing a stiff galo which
continued all Sunday night and again
Monday night, roaching velocities ns
high as 50 miles an hour and with a
vory rough sea, it is possible that
tho boats may havo been swamped or
swept out to sea and tho entire party
drownod.
It ls possible that tho boats may
havo boon driven into some of the lit
tle creoks or perhaps tho men are all
safe in charge of tho keeper of Morris
island lighthouse, waiting for better
weather conditions to attempt to
como back to tho city.
It is, of course, possible that the
entire pnrty is safe if not at tho light
house, at somo other point along the
neighboring islands, but it is strange
that ono of the number at least has
not taken tho land route to reach tho
city and convey the nows of the par
ty.
Tho following are tho names of
those who composed tho party: Pat
Grayson, Dick Webb, George Miles,
John Moyer, J. C. Edwards, Will
Hyatt. All of tho mon, with tho ex
coption of Mr. Haytt, are married
mon with children, and, as might be
expected, Ibero is much excitement
and trouble in the village of the Roy
al bag and yarn factory.
They Aro Found.
Tho parties reported loss ns sea
from Charleston has boon found and
aro now safe and sound at. homo.
They wore found on Morris Island
and carried to the city in a wagon
that had gone to search for them.
PURE HOUSE SENSE.
Animal Runs Away and Thou Sum
mons tho Doctor.
Thc existence of what is termed
pure horse souse was demonstrated
rocontly in Washington, 1). C., by the
horso owned hy J. H. Wudeman. The
animal became unmanageable while
being driven and ran away, throwing
tho owner to tho ground, where he
landed in an unconscious condition.
Then the horse walked up to the
door of Dr. ll. Wells Woodward and
rang tho electric push button boll un
til the, doctor caine out and went to
the aid of the injured man.
While the doctor was making a
preliminary examination of Mr.
Wurdeman, the horse stood quietly
and even after tho driver had been
taken into the doctor's office to have
a laceration of the forehead sewed
up, tho horse remained waiting.
"I thought at first tho horse was
coming in to superintend the opera
tion," Dr.-Woodward says. "It was
tho most remarkable thing I ever
heard of, and had I not personally
witnessed the whole affair, 1 say
frankly I would not havo believed it.
Dr. Woodward and a maid wore
brought to the door by the persis
tent ringing of tho bell. Opening
the glass doors they saw the horse
standing on tho porch rubbing its
nose vigorously on the nicle-platod
sign. When the mall screamed, the
horse stuck his head In the vestibule
ns though looking for someone.
SOLD A (ilHL.
Driven From Home and Sold by Her
Father.
The Armenia colony in Wordles!or
Mass., is aroused over the sale of
Mayrlon Begoslan, Kged l t years, hy
hor father to Asndoor Shadboglan.
The marriage was performed by an
Armenian priest, hui he was told
that tho girl was 18 y oars old, as thc
marriage license showed.
According to the story told, the
home relations of tho Irl had be
come unpleasant, owing to tho pres
eence of a stepmother. The child
was ordered to leave tho home and
never return. The l'allier look the
matter philosophically. Ile deter
mined to get all Il0 could oui Of the
girl while he had her. so ho arrang
ed a salo and the child was sold to
Shadboglan, a grocorymnn.
When tho story was learned by tho
moro Influential members of tho Ar
moolan colony, they woro Incensed
and swore out warrants for tho par
ties concerned. They will move lo
have tho marriage annulled, it' such
a thing is possible.
TRANSPORT M EG ROES.
Is Florida Governor's Solution of (he
Rac?; Problem.
in discussing tho race question,
tlOV. Ullin Ititi ll, <>i ? no.M.., ... ?lu
message says that while no question
has a. hen to cause any disturbance,
yot it h apparent thal tho relations
between the two races is becoming
more strained and acute. In offering
a solution of thc problem, GOVOrn?l
H row ii a rd says:
"I recommend a resolution to con
gross to purchase territory, either
domestic or foreign, and provide
means to purchase the property of
the negroes at reasonable prices and
to transport the negroes to the ter
rltory purchased by tho United Slates
tho United State? lo lorin fl govern
mont for thom of th" nogro raco; lo
prevent foreign invasion, and proven!
whit? people from living among thom
in tim territory, and to proven! ne
groes from migrating back lo the
United States."
Good Man (?one.
Rlshop .Ino. C. Cranberry of the
Southern Methodist church, died sud
denly at his homo, Ashland, Va., on
last Mo? lay, aged 7G years.
MAY BE KNOCKED OU?l
Laborers Contract Law To Be Re
vlswsd by the Courts.
It ls Said that tho IMW ls Productive
of Pconngo nnd Falls to Provide!
Kqual Penalties.
A enso ls now pending In tho Uni
ted States Court at Charleston that
ls of much interest to tho farmors of
South Carolina, and tho llnal disposi
tion of tho caso ls hoing watched
with great Intorost. The case ls in
roforonco to tho labor contract law
of this State. Ahout a month ago
two nogroos woro sentoncod to terms
of imprisonment lu tho Charleston
county Jail for tho violation or this
law. Their attorneys obtained a writ
of habeas corpus from Judgo Braw
loy, alleging that thoso mon wore un-1
lawfully detained and deprived of |
their Ubortlos In violation of tho con
Btltution of tho United States.
The principal ground of attack on
the law seems to bo that tho labor
contract law violatos that provision
of tho federal constitution which for
bids class legislation: thus, it ls!
Claimed, if tho volution of a oontract
to bu> goods or obtain advances in
money which aro to bo paid for In la
bor is to bo ponai Izod and punished
as a crime thou other contractu must
bo likewise penalized and punished.
In othor words, the claim Is made
that the lobor contract law of this
State provides punishment for the
nonpayment of advances made under
tho labor law, or tho noncompliance
with the terms of a labor contract, ai
strictly civil contract, and fails to
provide punishment for othor civil
contra?is when violated. It ls said
some of our best lawyers think the
law unconstitutional and that the Un
ited Slates Court will so declaro it.
When the question first, came up
before Judge Draw ley lie postponed
a final dolslon until Mr. Lyon, the
Attorney-General of the State, could
be heard. Last Monday was sot for
tho hearing, but it did not come up.
it will be heard some time this week.
The case was brought by Messre Lo
gan and Grace, two Charleston law
yers. They allege that tho State
law is class legislation and a form of
peonage, and, therefore, in conflict
with the federal constitution. A fow
days ago, on instructions from Attor
ney General Bonaparte, United States
District Atorney Cochran filed a pe
tition to be permitted to intervene in
behalf of the government and Judge
llrawley granted the motion, which
makes the government a party to tho
suit.
Pending a Anal decision of the
case, Judge llrawley Is understood to
have discharged the two Charleston
negroes from Jail until the case could
be fully heard and Anally decided,
and the magistrates over the State
havo hold ii]) all prosecutions for vio
lating the labor contract law pending
Judgo Urawloy's decision. The Ped
erah authorities seem to regard the
law somewhat as a system of peonage
Tho labor contract law was enacted
sqveral years ago and at llrst pro
vided that any laborer violating a
written contract should be punished
criminally by line or imprisonment
. n tho case of the Stato against Wil
liams the supreme court of this Stato
declared the law unconstitutional,
because punishment. was provided
against only tho laborer and not the
farmer in case of a violation of the
conti act to perform farm labor.
Tho legislature at Its next session
amended the law so that either tho
farmer or laborer violating a con
tract should be punished by lino or
imprisonment. In this shape the law
stood for some time. A few years
ago the law was again amended so
thal a verbal contract was made pun
ishable, if violated, provided sucli
contract was witnessed by two dis
interested witnesses.
This law has boon attacked sever
al times in lbe state supreme court
but without success. lu the case of
the state against Chapman Its consti
tutionally was direct ly up held. Again
In tho case of the state against Ras
terlln, wherein tho law was attacked
upon the ground thal while it did in
a sense allow Imprisonment for debt,
yet tho constitution did not forbid
imprisonment for debt in case of
fraud, and that the violation of such
a contract, after obtaining advances
against future labor, was a species of
fraud.
This law is a good one, nnd has
Uren very helpful 111 retaining labor
on the farms, but in some cases it
lias been abused. It seems to us
i hat some such law is absolutely es
sential lo the successful management
of our farms under our present labor
conditions, and should it be declared
unconstitutional it will cause consid
?rable trouble to our farmers by dis
organizing their plans and in many
cases demoralizing the labor. With
out some such law our farmers would
ho al tho mercy of those who they
may have hired to work on their
farms.
SPINSTUKS DKFIOAT DI IX
Stay Single If They Wish and Wont
Be Taxed.
The bill ttl lax spinsters and batt
choloi'S at Kort Dodge, la., which was
re for red to a special committee, luis
been defeated by the spinsters, led
by .Miss Jessie Cameron, matron of a
private school. For live days the
spinsters made tho lives of tho com?
mlttoomen so miserable that they
reported adversely to tho mayor.
Tho entire unmaried woman's pop
ulation of tbc place was organized
by Miss Cameron and waged contin
ual warfare against tho bill. C. J.
Crawford, chairman o? tho commit
tee, said ho was so abused that ho
was forced to beat a retreat.
EASTICK ll AT HP KN S.
Cigarette Destroys Headgear1 on a
Dailies Hal In St reid.
Al Atlanta, a thirty dollar Raster
hal oh tho head of Miss Coleste Man
ion caught, lire Thursday afternoon
wirft o Whitehall street was crowded
with shoppers.
The hal was desi roved, the young
v. (mian losl much bair, was scorched
about tho neck and face and there
was a panic in the shopping district.
A voling man checked tho confla
gration by throwing bis overcoat over
Hie young woman's bead. In the
wreck of tho hal was found the stub
of a cllaret.lo thal bad been dropped
from an upper story window and had
caused the lire.
Tl PS 11 AT TO .IP DGF..
Poi- Giving Negro Two Years and
White .Man Five.
The Gaffney Ledger says; "Last
Monday a negro jilead guilty to house
breaking and larceny before Judge
Aldrich. Tho Judge gave him two
years. The same day a white man
plead guilty to the same offense. Tho
judge gave him live years, at tho
ame Limo saying in effect: "Tho ne
KIO ls ignorant; you are a white'man
ind your opportunities have been
[."realer than the negro and you
mould know better." And WO are
inclined to Di? our hat to the Judge.
?#?1 > ?PB?****
MLLEUDY IK Aire
But just How Ho One Seems lo
Know ?xactiy.
It Booms that tho Deceased Was With
Sumo Convivial Friends and Was
Drinking.
On last Thursday morning Coron
er KIckoubakor hold an Inquest over
tho dead body of William Dunmoyor,
a negro, who died tho day beforo
from lnjulros rocolvod Saturday
night wook ago on tho Southern Rali
way between Jamison nu I St.Mnt
thows. Just how Duumoyor mot his
doath ls not known. It is said ho was
urunk when ho left Orangeburg on
the night of tho accident, and the
chances aro that ho foll from the
trniu In passing from ono car to an
other.
Another nogro man who was with
Dunmoyor Testified at tho Inquest
that thoy boardod tho train at Row
esvillo, that ho paid his faro lo Or
angoburg, whilo tho dead num. Dun
moyor, paid his faro to St. Matthews.
Says Dunmevor gave tho conductor
$1 and received 35 cents in change.
This witness sstc] that both ho and
Dunmeyor left tho train at Orange
burg, but th t Dun moyer again got
aboard tho tri lu and started for St.
Matthews, where ho had intended go
ing
Tho other witnesses were Drs.
Lowman and Shccut, who operated
on tho negro Sunday morning week
ago, and tho coroner, who heard his
statements as given to tho doctors.
Drs. Lowman and Shecut tcstiiled
that tho nogro was brought to thom
at 10:40 a. m. Sunday morning week
ago by Dr. D. Moorer, a colored phy
sician, who asked them to operate;
that tile coroner was also present and
asked them to take the negro's state
ment beforo operating.
They testified that the nogro told
them he had been put olf tho train
just above Jamison by tho conductor,
and that he fell and tho train crush
ed his hand. Said he did not know
why he was put off. This was about
eight o'clock on the Saturday night
he was nurt, and he saul he lay hy
the track In his Injured condition for
severul hours, then dragged himself
to Jamison, where ho aroused some
negroes and they sent him to Orange
burg on the mixed train, roaching
here early In the morning.
Drs. Lowman and Sheen! testitled
that when brought to them they
found the right hand badly crushed
and were forced to amputate. At
that, time there was no evidence ol
internal Injuries and the negro did
not seem to suffer except from his
mangled hand. Was In a dazed con
dition and they could get very lil (le
out of him. Visited him afterwards
and when they found 'als condition
serious, they reported it to the South
ern railway olliclals. They perform
ed the post mortem examination and
found liver and Stomach In bad con
dition from effects of what looked to
bo a terrible blow. May have boon
caused by negro falling heavily on
cross ties, or some other hard matter
Coroner Rickenbakor's testimony as
lo the post mortem statement differ
ed from that of tho doctors' lu that
he claimed the negro said ho was
ejected from the moving train.
The Southern Railway was not
represented at the inquest. Nor wore
any of the train crew present. Par
ties who saw Dunmoyor the night of
the accident at the depot as the train
on which he was riding says Dunmey
or was drunk. None of theso parlies
testified at the inquest. The jury
brought lu a verdict that Dunmoyor
came to his death by wounds caused
by some train on the Southern Rail
way. If ns stated above, Dunmoyor
was drunk, no doubt ho fell from the
train while it. was in motion and re
ceived the injuries that caused his
death.
TEXAS CAMPHOR FARMS.
Latest Addition to the National Re
sources in That Stat?;.
Camphor farms aro the latest ad
dition to the resources of Texas. The
Government now has two farms in
operation in (lui Stale, which bid fali
to becoming con tore for tho produc
tion of tho much needed article. Prac
tically the entire supply of camphor
for the world now comes from For
mosa and is controlled hy Japan.
Camphor is ono of the ingredi
ments needed in modern warfare and
ls used in the manufacturo of explo
sives used in high power guns. Now
that the Japanese government has
control of the world's output, lt is
not certain that it could he had at
times when it would la; most needed.
In order to provide for the future
the United States lias started two
farms In Texas. Tho plan of culti
vation will he different, than that em
ployed in Formosa. In that Island
tho plants are allowed to grow for a
time. Then they are > ut down aller
they have, become trees and ground
to pulp and tho camphor extracted.
In Texas tho camphor seeds will be
sown like wheat.
When the small shoots have grown
to the height of four or live feet thoy*
will be cut a fool from the ground
and the camphor extracted. This
gives a quicker return in tho crop
and a hotter grade of camphor, This
process can be repealed from year to
year until a new held is developed.
At the present time one acre of cam
phor will yield $4.r.<> a year. Tile
prico will fall when tho cultivation
becomes more general in Texas.
TIRED OF Ll FM
A Woman In Virginia Takes Poison
to End Her Days.
Al Danville, Va., iurs. George w.
Trent, a midd lo aged lady, and wife
of a local jeweler, attempted suicide
al the homo of her sister, Mrs. Goo.
W. Sheldon Thursday night, by tak
ing laudanum.
Slie was found by her sister n an
unconscious condition and when re
vived begged tho doctors to lol her
die, declaring that If she recovered
this time she would kill herself later
on. The woman is in a critical con
dillon.
Domestic troubles are said to bp
tho cause ol tho altemp at suicide.
The woman and ber husband have
been seperaled for tin past several
weeks.
CHEROKEE HOMICIDES.
Tho First Man Hung There Was a
White Man.
The G a ff noy Ledger says: "about
fort y 'homicicles ""iTavo occurred m
cherokee county since Its organiza
tion ten years ago, and it's a fact
worthy of note that tho hist person
lo pay the doath penally was a white
man who was a native of the county.
Phis ls not saying that others should
not have been convicted but ifs a
dealt hy sign thal the juries of the
County have arrived al the point
iVhorO they are showing a proper re
vard for the rights of Its citizons,
?urely thia will bo nlosson and will
(heck the How of blood in Ibis colin?
y"
NW limed i/o vin,
The Now York Press, a ropubltoan
papor has Us own Ideas on.the 1908
presidential campaign and in mak
ing thom publie m^kes a v?r/ inter
esting showing. Tho Prosa says that
one pf tho Mst of possibility? for tho
republican nomination for president
next your- going tho rounds of tho
nowspnpors ls:
Thoodoro Roosevelt of Now York.
Charles M. Hughes of New York.
Elihu Root of NOW York.
Georgo R. Cortolyou of Now York.
William H. Taft of Oh)n,
Joseph ll. Forakor of Ohio.
Lesllo M. Shaw of Iowa.
Josoph G. Cannon of Illinois.
Charles W. Fairbanks of Indiana.
Albort R. Cununiugs of Iowa.
Robert M. LaFollotto of Wiscon
sin.
W. M. Crano of Massachusetts.
Philandor C. Knox of Pennsyl
vania.
Hut In tho opinion of tho Pross "a
little bluo ponciling for obvious rea
sons shows how excessively tho list
hus boon paddod." Tho Press adds:
"Theso oro to be stricken out for
reasons that aro self-ovldont:
Roosovelt- For ho will not touch
lt.
Root-Hecauso ho could not carry
Now York, New Jersey, Ohio, Indi
ana, illinois, nor a singlo state, with
tho poslblo exception of Iowa, wost of
Ibo Mississippi river.
Cortolyou-Samo reason.
Knox-Samo reason.
Taft- Can't got tho dologatcs of
his own Stato, nor of any worth men
tioning; might br/o a fow fcdoral
officers from the ' rritorlos.
Forakor-President Roosevelt's
battle ax will knock him in tho hoad.
Cannon- Can't carry tho Standard
Oil Trust, tho Lumber Trust, tho Su
gar Trust, tho Ship Subsidy graftoiB,
nothing olso.
Fairbanks- Frozen stiff.
Cummins- -Hasn't any principles
OXOOpt 'push myself along.'
Crane -Never been Introduced to
the public."
Then this republican papor con
cludes: "So the host dwindles to:
Hughes.
La Follette.
Shaw.
Shaw ls a good man, but tho pub
lic regards him as too conservative,
lt will not volo for a man who ls less
radical than Roosevolt. This leaves:
Hughes.
La Follette.
Plenty and to spare."
REGIMENT OF GIANTS
Famous Corps of British Colonial on
Duty in Jamaica.
The Royal West Indian regiment,
doing duty in Jamaica, is a body of
giants. Not ono man in tho entire
corps ls less than six feet in height
and most of them aro a few inches
more. All are negroes and aro the
dower of the dusky population.
The regiment ls moro than a line
looking body of men. It ls Imposing.
Every mern lier of lt feels a pride In
every Inch from heel to helmet. Tho
powerful men look like 1,200 Gulli
vers as they move about the'"streets
and look over the heads of the small
er whites and negroes of tho Island.
When the troops are on patrol
duty there is no danger of an out
break. A raised hand from one of
them had moro influence on tho mobs
that crowd about those who give out
food to earthquake sufferers, than
tho leveled rltlos of a dozen ordinary
mon could have. The reason is ob
vious.
FOUND AT LAST.
Kidnapped Twcntty-thre? Year? Ago
When a Rahy.
Having located her son, why was
kidnapped 23 years ago from lier
pioneer home In Nebraska, Mrs. G.
W. Norton, loft Marshalton, Ia., a
few days ago, for Grand Junction,
Col., to be welcomed by William Por
ter, the "baby" she has been search
ing for so long.
Mrs. Norton's Son was only four
years old when he disappeared. It
was shortly after tho mother's di
vorce from her first, husband, and
the latter was suspected. It develops
that neither mot IHM1 nor child knows
who the kidnapper was, and that
both have been looking for each oth
er all those years.
By mere accident information of
Mr. Porter's whereabouts and his
fruitless search for his mother came
to Mrs. Norton through a letter re
ceived by a friend.
Drowned Children Then Self.
Lying in four feet of water In
Shongum lake, noni' Dover, N. J., tho
bodies of Mrs. Otto Britttng, her 9
month-01d baby, and her three-year
old stepdaughter, were found. The
woman evidently had drowned the
children and then took her own life.
She was tho wife of ti farmer by a
second marriage and had an Intense
hatred of his children by his first
wife.
Wanted His Dog.
\\ hen Moses ll. Kothomel, Of Ulan
don,, Pa., heat (I that his wife had
eloped with William Manning he had
but one thought tho safety of his
pet dog, which she took with her.
Hot hormel wanted thc! dog, but didn't
seem to caro whether he got his wife
back or not. Tho runaway couple
wore caught and the precious clog re
covert cl.
Hero May Die.
(iravoly saving tho lifo of a little
child, Hugh (?riggs, a brakeman on
Iht? C. & O railroad, was probably
fatally Injured and is lying In a hos
pital at Montgomery, Ala. He saw
on the track ahead of his train a man
and two ciuldron on a raliway bicy
cle. Griggs climbed out on the run
ning board ami as tho train struck
Hie bicycle grabbed the child. The
little one was slightly hurt, but the
hero's skull was fractured.
? . Hard to Please.
Al Richmond, Va., Mrs. Maggie
Lee, L'it years of age, and twice di
vorced, Thursday became tho bride
of Chas. C. Miller, 40 years old. Tho
wedding look place in the ante-room
adjoining the offices of Common
wealth Allot ney M initi?e Folkes, In
the city ball.
SOME sixty years ago two Pennsyl
vania farmers went lo law with each
other because .me of them had cut
down a chestnut tree on the others
land. Recently the heirs of the two
farmers paid the cost upon the final
decision of the ease. The total cost
in the ease was over thirty thousand
dollars in money, lo say nothing of
the bord feelings the litigation caus
ed among the friends and descend
ants of the two farmers. A similar
ease to this was once fought out. by
two farmers in tho lower nail of this
Stale over a small steer. Wc? hope
we have no such obst emile people in
Orangoburg County. If you have a
law suit with your neighbor let that
end the trouble,
CURES AFI
RHEUMACIDE has c
had failed. Rheumacide
Johns Hopkins Hospital, tl
of Salem, Va., and D. H. <
remedies and the doctors
Almost a Miracle In This Case.
H LL,., , , ~ Dillon. S. C. Aug
Dobbltt Chemical Company:
Gentlemen:*-lu September. 1899. I took
matlsm In a very bad form (Inflammatory),
mouth after the disenso started I had to ul
nw work nnd KO to bed. lt continued to
worse until my arms and bands were I
drawn, so much so that I could not uso t
My lot-a were drawn back till my feet ton
i?) lops. I was ns helpless as n baby for n
12 months. I lie muscles of my arms and
were hard and shriveled up. 1 suffered (
many times over. Was treated by six dilTi
physicians In McCotl, Dillon und Marion
RP'?? , l,,t'm could do me any eood. until 1
1*. Kw i mr. of Dillon, rame to see me. He
?ne to try your.RHEUMACIDE. He not mi
bottle of Hie medicine and I beran to tal
and before the first bei tie was used up It
to iret better. F used Wi botlles ni.d was
p?ete y cured. That was years SRO am
health bas been excellent ever since. ]
had no symptoms of rheumatism. Will
further that I beean to walk in about six
.?terJ began to take RHEUM ACIDIC wltl
aid of Crutches; in about three months a
beean to take it I could walk ns good ns
fcwly. and went back to work agata
Yours truly. JAMES WILK
SKELETON FACTOKY,
ConCorn That Provides Hones For
Medical World.
Tho greatest skeleton producing
country in the world is France. Med
ical schools, hospitals, museums and
private individuals are supplied with
skeleton of man and beast by the
great French monopoly, which has
branches in London and New Yora
Tho skeleton factory is owned hy a
rich man, and is under the supervis
ion of the French Government. For
taxidermy and preparing tho skele
tons of animals and birds there ls a
special department in tho factory but
the business proper consists in pre
paring human skeletons. The busi
ness is conducted very quietly in tho
heart of Paris.
I The bodies of animals, paupers,
unknown persons killed In accidents
j bodies sent by scientists, explorers
?from strange countries, and those of
persons who had, before death, sold
'their remains, aro worked up In the
'great French factory. It is a grew
BOlne place, this establishment where
bones ure bleached, wired and put
together. There are shelves and
shelves of grinning skulls, and draw
ers lilied with loose Hm hs. When a
body is taken to tho factory it takes
several months before it comes out of
the first treatment, and the chemicals
I used are kept a trade secret.
After the bones aro nicely bleach
ed, they pass through a number of
other processes, the workmen In each
department bringing them nearer
'completion. Finally, after the parts
havo been wired and provided with
springs, they arrive In the joining
room, where thoy are put together to
form perfect skeletons. Then they
are either packed for shipment or
placed in ?.no company's show room.
Tho French factory ls sahl to have
boon in existence more than 120
years, and all the workmen engaged
there must have served at least live
years in the dissecting schools of
Parisian hospitals.
IV limerons This Year.
The cotton boll weevil is unusually
numerous and destructive this year,
according to a report by Dr. W, I).
Hunter, in charge of the boll wee
vil investigation for tho United
States department of agriculture,
He says:
"The condition throughout the
past winter have been unusually fav
orable for the hibernation of the boll
weevil. The two critical conditions
for successful hibernation, tempera
ture anti dryness have been as favor
able as they will probably ever be.
"The mild winter and spring- is
having the effect of cansing an un
usualy early emergence.
"The conpitions indicate clearly
that weevils will be unusually abun
dant in the cotron fields, and that
great damage is to be expected.
Some conditions, for instance, dry
weather during Juno and .July after
the cotton plants are well started,
may serve to check the insect,"
SOME paper gayg seems that tho
trouble between Nicaragua and Hon
duras was started over one solitary
mule. The Washington Post says
"if her name was Maude, the affair
may as well be transferred to the
comic supplements where it belongs
anyway." Not in the face of the
hist dispatches from tin- front,
which reports a battle in
which over one thousand men were
killed. Nothing comic about that.
The people of Zion City need not
trouble themselves about the threat
of Prophet Klijah Dewie to come
back from the dead and over throw
the government of that city. The
Prophet ?S either in a very delight
ful or very hot place. If he is in
the first he does not want to come
back, and if he is in the second ho
cant come back.
The dispensary law should bo
amended so as townships would have
the right to vote themselves "dry"
if they wanted to, Because a ma
jority of the people of Orangeburg
County are in favor of thc dispen
sary it is no reason why it should bo
forced on any particular township
in Orangeburg County if that town
ship did not want it. That would be
genuine ba al option,
UP in Minnesota tho legislature is
working ona law to require mothers
to nurse their babies so many hours
a day. That is what might be called
badly needed maternal legislation.
UNDER the new dispensary law
i there is no need of constables to en
force tho law in the cities and towns
that have police, and dispensaries
should not bc established in towns
that have no police protection. Hut
there ought to he a special officer
in each county to run down blind
tigers in tho county.
tired thousands of cases of R
. cured John F. Eline and ol
ie greatest hospital in the wi
Elmstead, the Norfolk. Va., ct
had given up hope. Rheum;
of rheumatism she ha
1& Hughes, of Atkins, Va.,"
There is a reason why ii
ina' cal science, and while c
7row of thc blood, it operatt
badly most delicate stomach,
hem.
died
early
legs
lentil
Brent
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<e lt
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coin
1 my
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say
dava A purely vegetable rem
ft?" I cures by removing the cause,
any Sample bottle and booklet frei
ES. BOBBITT CHEMIC
CURES ALL SKIN TROUBLES
JWEEPS ALL P<
Sulphur tho Accepted Rcuicdy for a
Hundred Years.
Sulphur lu ono of tho greatest
remedios naturo ever gave to man.
Every physician knows lt eures skin
and blood troubles. Hancock's Liquid
Sulphur enables you to get tho full
bonoflt lu most convenient form. Do
not take sulphur 'tablets' or 'wafers'
or powered sulphur in molassos.
Hancock's Liquid Sulphur ls pleas
ant to take and perfect in its action.
Druggists soil it.
A well known citizen of Danville,
Pa., writes: "I. have had an aggra
vated case of Eczema for over 25
years. I have used seven 50-cent bot
tles of the Liquid and ono jar of your
Hancock's Liquid Sulphur Ointment,
and now I feel aa though I had a
brand new pair of hands. It has
cured mo und I am certain it will
cure anyone If they persist in using
Hancock's Liquid Sulphur, accord
ing to directions. 'Butler Edgar.'
El JJORE E DI S BEN SA RY
Will Be Closed On and After tho Last
of April.
The County Dispensary Board will
not rescind its action ordering the
closing of tho Elloree dispensary un
less the matter is taken before tho
courts, which is not likely in the face
of tho fact that nearly every body in
Elloree want the dispensary there
closed. Senator Raysor and Attorney
General Lyon's agrees as to the law.
Both Messrs. Raysor and Lyon seem
to bo In symphathy with this board
and tho peoplo of Elloree, and Mr
Lyon is reported as suggesting a plan
by which the board may evade tlx
law in this case.
The suggestion advises the board
to destroy the dispensary, which the
law says must remain a dispensary
until an election is held, but a sort
of negative purpose. This means
they must, withdraw from it their
support in a measure and pay thc
dispenser there a merely nominal sal
nry, one which would not ho remun
erative, and which he could not pos
slbly afford to accept.
If this ls a good plan then Hie
hoard has lt In their power to act in
a similar manner In regard to any
other dispensary In tho county, and
hy their own discretional y pow,-rs
could convert the whole county Into a
prohbition district. This, it appears
would defeat the purpose of the law
and vary materially from the local
option platform of Governor Ansel,
which this law was framed to carry
out.
BLIND TIGERS GALORE,
Said to bo as Thick as Hops in Dari
logion.
The Darlington News says: "In
ono section of this county there ar?
so many blind tigers that tba busi
ness has become un profitable. There
are so many selling whiskey that
(here are no customers for any one,
every man has lils own liquor but n ?
one to whom he can sell. Which ls
tho bettor way, therefore, to legalize
the sole or have the state of affairs
which now exista? lt is useless to
talk about enforcing the law because
that ls not going to be done to any
great extent."
TUKUL will bc a battle royal be
tween the political forces of Sena
tor Foraker and Secretary Taft, for
the control of Ohio politics. Both
of these gent leinen are avowed can
didates for the Republican nomina
tion for the presidency.
I larriman tells a lough tale on
President Roosevelt. As will be
seen by bis letter, on the first page
he says the President appealed to
him in 1904 to help him save the
Repuplican party, When rogues
fall out honest men get their dues.
The boy who saves bis money be
comes the banker, the merchant,
thc professional man. The boy who
never saves a cent makes thc man
who "earns his bread by the sweat
of Iiis brow," who never owns a
home or enjoys the luxuries of life.
So Teddy wanted to gel rid of old
man Depew by putting him off on
the French because be was a stumb
ling block to the New York Repub
licans. But old man Depew refused
to be so disposed of.
Judge' Parker knew what he was
talking about when ho said the big
corporations were giving boodle
freely to elect Teddy in 1904, The
Doodlers are confessing.
William A. Dunlap, millionaire,
;on of the hat manufacturer, is to
marry a manaeure girl after a three
lays courtship. Thov will bo bearii
of next in thc divorce eotfVls.
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CTORS H AV
heumatism after all the dod
thers. of Baltimore, after th
?rid, had failed. Rheumacid
antractor, after they had spei
acide cured Mrs. Mary Welbo
d endured for 20 years. R
after the most famous New
t cures : Rheumacide is the 1
?owerful enough to sweep all
ss foy purely natural metho
ana builds up the entire sys
DISONS OUT OF THE
edy that goes right to the seat of t
Your druggist sells and recommend
e if you ?end five cents for postage t<
AL COMPANY. Proprietors. Baiting
We Have
One 25 horse power Talbott, second hi
ly been overhauled. Thia Engine is
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We are headquarters for anything L
prompt attention will be given to all ii
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Weather Forecast.
While we are nota prophet or the
son of a prophet but it is becoming
a popular fud to give weather fore
casts, so here is our prediction for
this month: During the first half
there will be some brisk winds from
thc north, but every day the suu will
risc, and often there'll be gloomy
skies; some days, however, may be
fair, with southern winds and mel
low air. Those things will happen
sure we know, because they always
happen so.
This good month's moon will full,
and office seekers work their "pull."
Some lucky ones will land the prize,
while other men esteemed aswise will
fail in all they undertake and find
they've made a sad mistake, for
Charlatans to fortune ride while
modest worth is thrust aside. These
things will happen, we know because
they've always happened so,
In this good month of 1906, the
boys and girls will have fun. They'll
go to parties dance and spark; they'll
kiss each other in the dark; they'll
marry and begin their life, a happy,
hopeful man and wife, and sometime
they will own a kid, just like their
dads and mammies did, These things
will happen, sure, we know, because
they've always happened so.
Should Ho Perfected.
The Florence Times says "Senator
Raysor of Orangdburg, one of the
best lawyers of the state bas given
out an interview in which he sup
ports Attorney General Lyon's in
terpretation of the Carey-Cothran
law in regard to the closing of the
dispensaries, which has been so
much discussed. He says that the
inability to close existing dispensa
ries is a defect in the "local option"
law." The Times then goes on to
say; "The truth of the matter is
thal there were many defects in
that law which might have been cor
rected if the advocates of it had not
been so much afraid that the state
dispensary men woule have out. ma
neuvered them on the Moor of the
house and they, having the majority
refuse to allow anything to be
beard from the other side. The
Carey-Cothran law is not a local op
tion law, it has mighty little option
about it. May he next year they
will allow some of the intelligence
and experienct of t he otherside come
ih to help make a law that will bc of
benefit to the state."
Some (iood Advice.
We have reeieved a copy of a circu
lar letter which is being circulated
among the colored people of Orange
burg and adjoining counties by the
Negro Ministerial and Lay Union,
of Orangeburg county-an organiza
tion composed for the most part of
the more conservative, trustworthy
and substantial colored citizens.
Thc? circular contains much well
considered advice to the colored peo
ple, lt advises tho people of the
race to be law-abiding and to inform
themselves of the laws, so that they
may be useful citizens, lt advises
them to pay more attention to the
training of their children and to
build up their homes.
The circular also speaks of the
foreign labor that is being brought
to this country,and tells colored
people that if they prove themselves
worthy the immigrant question will
not affect them in the least.
In all the circular is calculated to
be very helpful, if the colored peo
ple will hoed the advice given.
Carlos C. Parler, who was charged
with the killing of William J. Harley
at. Harley ville, Dorchester county,
some months ago was acquited in
(be court ot general sessions Tues
day at St. (Jeorges. The ease bar,
created considerable interest on ac -
count of the circumstances sur
rounding the killing and dur
ing the progress of the trial the
court room was tilled t? Overflowing,
The verdict of the jury ir, univer
sally approved throughout the coun
ty, as Harley was shot while he
was attempting to forcibly enter
the residence of a peaceful, law
abiding citizen, after he had been
repeatedly warned not toQ como in
and tho plea of self-defense, interpos
ed hy the defendant's attorneys, was
established beyond question.
E FAILED.
.ors and all other means
e famous specialists of
e cured Austin Percoll?,
nt large sums on other
rn, of High Point. N. C ,
heumacide eurea W. R.
York special isis failed,
atest discovery of medi
ae rm s and poisons out
ds, does not Injure th*
tem.
?tCURES o
^\ * ' ^neumatlam,
.clatloa,
/ Lumbago,
ftheumatlo OouS,
Indigestion,
BLOOD. ?*? *
he disease and Kidney rroubl*
s Rhcumacide. La 0ripPc
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neon surprised at our prompt relief
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dpi. rod their dohiy in not coining to
us bo!oro.
Ouc COMMONSENSE methods appeal
to all (ntolligont pooplo.
There ii; no air of mystory abour our
troatmont-no groping in tia? dark and
conceit mont in mysterious silence.
Wo Uni you at once, in plain words,
just . hat wo cnn do or cannot do.
In all prob?! ility we linvo hud casos
J CST I.IKK YOI- us o very day fortwonty
years past.
Vie dovoto Al.I. of our time to si'K
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and it ousts you nothing. r?V
Thoro ls no chargo to y u for this
visit, and it doon not place you undor
any obligations to us whatever.
You R ill not bo urgo l to bogia treat
ment-fiat rrsta solely with you. Wo
simply toil you frankly what wo can or
cannot do In your onso.
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Toddy has put Harriman in thc
rVhinias class, out lots of people will
believe Harriman's story all thc
same. _
Since t ;c confess! o Per1 h : d
Harriman wc do not feo now fredi*
dent Roosevelt can look ?Judge Par
ker in tlie face.
Senator Latimer seems to stand
in w (th; President Roosevelt, who
bas given him a nice little foreign
excursion at thc. expense of the
r>cople.